Students wrote some fantastic stories about an experience in their lives. Topics ranged from an escaped horse, an injured foot, a lockdown, a ballet recital, a harrowing rollercoaster, a first chapter book, and much more.

To develop students' narrative technique, they focused on the following skills:

Crafting introductions that hooked readers and wove in important details

Structuring the story around a story arc that developed a problem into a climax and then a resolution

Using dialogue, inner thoughts, and vivid language to elaborate

Slowing down the most important parts and describing them bit by bit

Crafting an ending that reflected back to the big meaning of the story